Newcomer Cassidy Freeman plays the new CEO of LuthorCorp, Tess Mercer. With Lex Luthor missing, Tess is in charge of all things LuthorCorp, which includes The Daily Planet. She quickly develops a rivalry with Lois Lane and takes up an interest in Clark that could prove to be very dangerous.
Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, Freeman has been performing since the age of three. A magna cum laude graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, she has loved and acted in various cities including New York City, Washington D.C., Los Angeles and Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Since moving to Los Angeles, Freeman has appeared in a variety of projects ranging from the action-adventure short Razor Sharp to the drama Cold Case and the Justin Lin-directed comedy Finishing The Game, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
Freeman currently resides in Los Angeles.